title: Enhanced potency of truncated insulin-like growth factor-I (des(1-3)IGF-I) relative to IGF-I in lit/lit mice.
abstract: The relative potencies of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) and the N-terminal truncated derivative, des(1-3)IGF-I, have been compared in lit/lit mice. Injection of 30 micrograms IGF-I, 30 micrograms des(1-3)IGF-I or 3 micrograms des(1-3)IGF-I daily for 3 weeks increased total length and nose-rump length of the animals substantially more than in controls or animals treated with 3 micrograms IGF-I daily. Body weight changes were not statistically significant. The lower dose of des(1-3)IGF-I, but not that of IGF-I, led to increases in kidney and heart weights relative to controls, while the higher dose of either IGF-I or des(1-3)IGF-I also increased the weights of liver, lungs and stomach. These results indicate that the higher potency of des(1-3)IGF-I demonstrated in cultured cells also applies in vivo to at least one strain of GH-deficient animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bagley
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ballard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006128:Growth / Q000187:drug effects*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008168:Lung / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013270:Stomach / Q000033:anatomy & histology
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; C058957:insulin-like growth factor 1, des-(1-3)-; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone